I Will Bring You Back
24th Sunday after Pentecost (5th after Epiphany transferred) At the end of the second book of Maccabees which we read throughout the month of October, Judas Maccabeus is favoured with a vision of a man distinguished by his white hair and dignity, and with an air of wondrous and majestic authority. “This is a man […]
Face To Face
All Saints We just heard Our Blessed Lord lay out His program for the Kingdom of God, called the Beatitudes. This morning, I will focus on just one of them, the 6th: Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. We read the other day in the life of St Bernadette that, […]
Stand Up And Be Counted
Christ the King Worthy is the Lamb to receive all honour and glory. Tomorrow, on the feast of All Saints, we will consider Our Lord Jesus Christ glorified amidst the assembly of all the saints of the heavenly court, contemplating how that glorious reign will last for all eternity. By the grace of God, it […]
Christ And Caesar
22nd Sunday after Pentecost In today’s Gospel, Our Blessed Lord is put to the test. A trap is laid for Him by His enemies. Yes or no, do we pay the tax to Caesar? If He says yes, He immediately estranges the Jews who detest the Roman hegemony over the land. If He says no, […]
The Real Battle
21st Sunday after Pentecost Today’s Mass presents us with a fascinating mosaic of texts which at first sight might seem somewhat disparate. We have a kind of chiasmus with at the beginning Mardochai praying to the Lord with great assurance that all things are in His hand and at the end the Psalmist peacefully trusting […]
My Heart Is Ready, O God
20th Sunday after Pentecost In today’s epistle, St Paul once more takes us by surprise, opening up for us one of those amazingly beautiful truths – totally incomprehensible to the world – namely that in the midst of evils and sufferings, the truly Christian soul has no reason to lose heart. On the contrary, right […]
Queensland Retreats And Oblates
Fr Prior and Br Patrick have safely returned to the monastery after two beautiful retreats at Woodlands of Marburg, QLD. 35 women and 30 men followed these retreats which were the first ones held in Queensland since 2017. The presence of the monks was also the occasion for the reception of a new novice oblate […]
Let Not This Appeal Go Unheard
Solemnity of the Most Holy Rosary The feast of the Holy Rosary which is this coming Thursday, 7 October, is solemnised today on the first Sunday of October, month dedicated to this Holy Rosary. The epistle for today’s Mass sets the tone for the feast when we hear Wisdom addressing us: Now, therefore, ye children, […]
A Simple Request From Mother
18th Sunday after Pentecost In today’s Gospel, we see Our Blessed Lord heal a paralytic whom he reassures with the words: Your sins are forgiven. Notice how sin is identified with paralysis, as in other passages it is with illness, being crippled, being in exile, and finally bound in death as was Lazarus. Yes, sin […]
